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A look back on the 1st transcontinental railroad
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoThe Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was...
Lengthy road closures for high-speed rail worry Fresno mayor: ‘I stuck my neck out’
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFor going on seven years, traffic between downtown Fresno and the nearby historic Chinatown district...
It wasn’t so long ago that workers still hammered railroad spikes by hand. Here’s a look
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHere are a few railroad practices that were common in the 1980s but not today. Freight trains used...
America’s Railroads Are in Trouble–With or Without a Strike
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRail cars in Santa Teresa, New Mexico,, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Credit - Paul Ratje/Bloomberg...
Broken sewer line creates stinky mess in Fresno. What’s the link to high-speed rail work?
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA large sewer line near the Union Pacific Railroad tracks through central Fresno suffered a collapse...
Exhibit at California State Railroad Museum honors Chinese railroad workers
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build...
Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these Valley cities have in common when founded?
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 2 years agoA hundred years ago in the San Joaquin Valley, forming a municipal corporation of the Sixth Class...
Merced’s bullet train station could be a sleek and modern marvel. See the artist renderings
Merced Sun-Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe vision for future high-speed rail stations in the Central Valley is coming into focus, featuring...
High-speed rail work causing road closures in Fresno area. Here’s where they’re happening
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFrom one end of the central San Joaquin Valley to the other, the ongoing construction of...
Faster, quieter trains in Richland could be start of NW shipping hub
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Port of Benton will create an “inland port,” using its 16-mile stretch as the foundation of a...